Thesaurus results for JUDDER

judder

verb

ˈjə-dər

chiefly British

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the engine began to judder alarmingly just a few miles outside of Brighton

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Recent Examples of judder Markets have juddered for weeks on the pileup of policy moves and statements by White House officials — some of them contradicting one another over how much, if any, pain consumers should expect from the administration’s changes. —

Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025 We’re inundated with remakes—recognizable storylines and premises that repeat the familiar rather than juddering-ly rearrange our worldview. —

Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 Dan Kenyon’s dense sound design is another highly effective component, often blurring the lines between ambient noise and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s chilling score, which incorporates clanking, groaning, juddering industrial sounds and leans heavily into distortion. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024 The cars judder past the fallow fields of late November as day gradually brightens the gray, polluted sky. —

IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2016 See All Example Sentences for judder

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From Monday to Friday, the reception area will serve as a nutrition center for athletes, offering smoothies, protein shakes, granola and anything else an athlete could need.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
After an accidental explosion in a West Village bomb factory killed three Weathermen, those who survived, shaken by their friends’ deaths, swore off deadly violence.

— Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026